Susannah was the daughter of Leonard Lanham and Tabitha Bywater. Born about 1765 in North Carolina, she was also known as Susan and may have had the middle initial “H.”
Residence
Residence 1850 in Civil District 23, Wilson County, Tennessee. Came to Tennessee after her father’s estate was settled in Caswell County, North Carolina. (per Eleanor Harris)
Marriage
Susannah’s marriage is something of a mystery. She’s traditionally been paired with James Lanham, Jr., who may have been a cousin or other relation. However, a Lannom researcher’s DNA results seem to indicate that James was not of a related Lannom line. Nothing much is known of this man. He is thought to have been born in North Carolina and died before 1820 in Rutherford County, Tennessee. I guess for now we’ll keep calling him James.
Children
Whether James Lanham—or another man entirely—was the father, it’s clear that Susannah had five children.
- Nathan Lannom. Born in 1789 in Caswell County, NC; residence 1870 in District 5, Rutherford County, TN; died on 17 Dec 1876 in Rutherford County, TN. Military Service was Company G, 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, CSA. Occupation was farmer, 1870. Nathan continues our family line and we’ll pick up his story below.
- John C. Lannom. Born in 1796 in Caswell County, NC. He married 1. Catherine Unknown bet. 1818–1819 and 2. Dianna Myers on February 21, 1870; residence 1850, 1860, 1880 in Civil District 23, Wilson County, TN; died bet. 05 Oct–Dec 1881 in Wilson County, TN. Occupation was farmer. Children: Harriet M. Lannom, Isaiah Robertson Lannom, Elzina Lannom, John R. Wilson Lannom, William Andrew Lannom.
- Tillman Wilson Lannom. Born in 1799 in North Carolina; married 1. Mary Jane “Polly” McPeak in 1819, and 2. Harriet Clardy on December 27, 1842; residence 1870 in District 5, Rutherford County, TN; died in 1875 in Wilson County, Tennessee. Military Service was War of 1812. Children: Emmaline Lannom, John O. “Captain Jack” Lannom, Green Berry Lannom, Albert Lannom, Mahala M. Lannom, William Marion “Lock” Lannom, Robert Tillman Lannom, Andrew Thompson Lannom.
- Mahalia “Mahaly” or “Haley” Lannom. She was born in 1805 in TN. She married Andrew Thorne on May 25, 1824; residence 1860 in Civil District 23, Wilson County, TN; died 1851. Children: Thomas B. Thorn, Andrew Thorn, Mahaley Jane Thorn, William M. Thorn, Lucy M. Thorn, James A. Thorn, Elizabeth C. Thorn, Jefferson W. Thorn.
- Elizabeth “Betsy” Lannom. Born in 1811 in TN; married Nathan C. McCulloch on January 15, 1828, in Wilson County, TN; residence 1860 in District 24, Wilson County, TN; died December 12, 1878. Children: Thomas C. McCulloch, John T. McCulloch, Nathan Andrew McCulloch, Joseph Green McCulloch, Alvis Wilson McCulloch.
Death
Susannah died in or around 1852 in Wilson County, Tennessee.